Do you still remember any of the things you had to memorize in school?
By fluffysue
@fluffysue (1482)
United States
June 29, 2008 6:44pm CST
When I was a in school, particularly elementary school, we did a lot of memorizing that seemed pointless. Yesterday, I was making a post here, looked at it and thought something is wrong, I think there are too many prepositions all in a row. That led me to wonder if I was right that all the words were prepositions, and I remembered the following that we had to memorize in 5th grade:
With on for after at by in
Against instead of near between
By over up from down below
through over up according to
athwart across beyond about
Before behind within without.
Are all preopositions
Picture this done in sing-song over and over by 10-11 year olds and you will understand why I remember it over 20 years later! lol
Mind you, this is still useless knowledge, as knowing the words are prepositions really does nothing for me.
Do you have anything like this that you remember from school?
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
30 Jun 08
This is related, but not actually something we memorized as a way to remember something else.
I will be 51 in a few days and I actually remember the little square black crayon box we were given in first grade that held 8 fat crayons.
I remember that we had to memorize the colors in the order that she dictated: red, yellow, blue, green, purple, brown, orange, black.
Now I can't remember what I had for dinner yesterday, but I sure do remember that. Isn't that odd?
@fluffysue (1482)
• United States
5 Jul 08
Well, I guess that isn't any more odd then remembering the prepostions! But, I do wonder why you had to remember that particular order. Was it to learn the colors, or did the teacher have OCD and insist that all the crayons go back in the boxes in that order?
@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
5 Jul 08
I think we did have to store them in that order.
Who knows. We're talking about nuns here.
:)
@sherlock27 (913)
• United States
5 Jul 08
I have a memory of my second grade teacher pulling my ear for what I don't remember. Her name was Miss Allen and I thought she was just a nasty old lady, she had gray hair and a pinched-looking face with a pointed witchy nose. She actually smelled moldy!!!!
@cheongyc (5072)
• Malaysia
13 Jul 08
That's something I didn't heard of. But I think it's quite cute. At least you could still remember it until now 
Ya, we do remember something we learned in school, even though it's almost 20 years from now. I was in science stream when I was in secondary school, so I still remember a little portion of scientific and mathematical theorem and basic principles. Example, the Pythagoras theorem and the Archimedes Theorem.
Ya, we do remember something we learned in school, even though it's almost 20 years from now. I was in science stream when I was in secondary school, so I still remember a little portion of scientific and mathematical theorem and basic principles. Example, the Pythagoras theorem and the Archimedes Theorem.@cheongyc (5072)
• Malaysia
26 Jul 08
You are right! It's about the method of calculating the length of a triangle, which has one 90' degree angle. The theorem says that, the product of the length of the longest side, is equal to the sum of the product of the length of the two other shorter side. I think you will learn this in basic mathematic, so that's why you know about it even though you are not a science stream student.
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@fluffysue (1482)
• United States
20 Jul 08
That's good, I don't remember either of those, but then I wasn't really a math/science person. I just remember Pythagoras was something to do with geometry, I think? :)
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@fluffysue (1482)
• United States
27 Jul 08
Wow I can't believe I forgot what the Pythagorean theorum was, considering I really liked geometry. I was the only one in the class that liked doing proofs! LOL! But that was...yikes, almost 20 years ago, so I don't really remember any of it.
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@fluffysue (1482)
• United States
21 Jul 08
Now that I think about it, I learned that too, but it didn't really stick! Maybe because I've always lived on the east coast. My sense of geography is pretty pitiful.
@fluffysue (1482)
• United States
5 Jul 08
You learned the times table in kindergarten? Wow, I didn't learn them until 4th grade. But I still remember that 12 X 12=144!! :)
@suria5231 (147)
• Malaysia
30 Jun 08
" See Hopkins Cafe Mighty good"
Thats how our science teacher made us memorise and learn the complete plant experiment. Translated, it refers to C H O P K I N S Ca Fe Mg a listing of elements and components that is supposed to be what a healthy plant needs to grow healthy.
Now I am doing my small garden, and it has continued to remind me that plants need the following;
C = Carbon, H = Hydrogen O = Oxygen, K = Potassium , I = iodine , N = Nitrogen, S = Sulphur, Ca = Calcium, Fe = iron and Mg = Magnesium !!!
Clever teacher ;) Sadly, he passed on many years ago now. But the memory of what he was and how he taught us lingers on..
@fluffysue (1482)
• United States
5 Jul 08
That is great that your teacher came up with a good way to remember that! And I suppose it is still useful to you if you are gardening! :)
@alouconui (120)
• Philippines
30 Jun 08
I don't think it is purely memerization. Iy is only applicable to poems we study. It is merely on how do you remember what have you learned from your teachers. if you are really listening attentively and participating on class discussion. It is a test on how good is your memery. RTecalling to what had happened on that day. If you can't do remember anything in school. What is the used of attending your class. we do remmeber things we do outside our classroom. Then why not all tghe things we have to learne.
@fluffysue (1482)
• United States
5 Jul 08
When I was in elementary school, we learned a lot of things by memory. They really did not encourage us to think and discuss, just repeat back what we learned. I suppose it was usefull as some things did eventually sink in. It wasn't until high school that I had teachers that let us actually think instead of just memorize.
@cher913 (25781)
• Canada
30 Jun 08
i remember taking french in school (we live in canada and canada is officially bi-lingual, so when i was young you had to take french in grades 7 & 8; now it starts in grade 4) and i still remember some french (plus, our daughters have helped with that some)
@fluffysue (1482)
• United States
5 Jul 08
That's great that you still remember some French, it's always helpful to learn another language. I think the U.S. is one of the few countries that does not require a second language to be learned. (although it is usually a requirement to get into college, so a lot do study one in high school.)
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
5 Apr 09
a smattering of things,but mainly the multiplication tables.
though to be perfectly honest, "schoolhouse rock" did more for me then the teacher did.i can't tell you how many times my butt was saved by that "we the people" song
@baleleng2008 (917)
• United States
30 Jun 08
naaaa.I dont remmber any now fluffy...lol!,but I remmber some songs like ..
I have tow hands the left and the right..
@fluffysue (1482)
• United States
5 Jul 08
I am glad you remember that song...just in case you ever forget that! LOL
